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Mar 30, 2024 • 10min
Running an SME in Rural Ireland with Stuart Fitzgerald
This guest has written an article that compares running an SME in the countryside to being a contestant on Squid Game, where they struggle to survive. Are things really that dire for businesses in rural Ireland? And what can be done to help? Stuart Fitzgerald, CEO of Fitzgerald Power and Strategy Columnist for The Currency, joins Bobby.
Mar 30, 2024 • 11min
Out & About: Car Camping
This week, Bobby visits Naoise Barry and his company, Seaweed and Saltwater: a camper rental and camper sales business. He checks out a converted camper Tesla!
Mar 30, 2024 • 24min
Business Roundup with Rebecca Harrison & Declan Ralph
Bobby is joined by Rebecca Harrison, MD of Fishers of Newmounttownkennedy and Declan Ralph, Retail Development Director of BWG Foods to look at the business stories that are making the morning papers.
Mar 23, 2024 • 11min
‘The Visual Detox: How to Consume Media Without Letting it Consume You’
Bobby is joined by Marine Tanguy to discuss her new book ‘The Visual Detox: How to Consume Media Without Letting it Consume You’'. Together they discuss how the imagery we see every day shapes our wellbeing and how to combat information overload.
Mar 23, 2024 • 13min
Executive Chair: Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus
Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus.
Mar 23, 2024 • 21min
Industry Review: Beekeepers
For this week’s industry review, Bobby speaks to three people in the honey business to find out what it’s like for beekeepers up and down the country.They are: Emma Finn of ‘Bees on the Roof’; Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda of ‘Lannleire Honey’; and Pat McCormack of ‘Farmhouse Bees and Trees’.
Mar 23, 2024 • 11min
Is banning zero-hour contracts a bad idea?
The UK is talking about banning Zero-hours contracts but is this bad economics? Bobby is joined UK Economics Editor, David Smith to discuss.
Mar 23, 2024 • 8min
Can Ireland become a nation of cold brew drinkers?
We are a nation of tea & coffee drinkers and usually, that means the hot kind. But cold brew coffee is also incredibly popular elsewhere in the world, so why not here in Ireland? Dee Schronder & her husband Jeff are the founders of Goodbrew, a company that specialises in cold brew coffee - they join Bobby to discuss.
Mar 23, 2024 • 7min
Pay-as-you-go Insurance - how would it work?
A recent survey commissioned by Peopl Insurance, showed considerable interest in the idea of pay-as-you-go car insurance cover - but is this the right way to go for insurance and how would it work in reality? Geraldine Herbert Motoring Editor with the Sunday Independent joins Bobby to discuss.
Mar 23, 2024 • 13min
The 'CEO whisperer' Cameron Herold
Cameron Herold is a business consultant, top-selling author, and speaker who is going to be in Dublin for the Wealth Summit on May 15th - he took some time to chat with Bobby about his writing, his business career, and some of the lessons he learned along the way.
